WhyIsMy.org

Sourced, plain-English answers to everyday "why is my…" questions — across health, pets, home, plumbing, tech, cars and personal finance.

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What it can do

  • Search Articles: Find WhyIsMy.org articles answering a "why is my…" question. Returns titles, summaries and URLs. Both arguments are optional: omit query to browse, pass topic to bias results toward o
  • Get Article: Get the direct answer, the causes the article covers, and its FAQ for one article, by slug (from search_articles). Returns a summary, not the full text — the article URL has the complete
  • List Topics: List the subject areas covered on WhyIsMy.org with an article count for each. Takes no arguments. Use the returned slugs as the `topic` argument to search_articles.

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Sourced, plain-English answers to everyday "why is my…" questions — across health, pets, home, plumbing, tech, cars and personal finance. 1,185 articles, each citing its sources.

Tools

  • search_articles — find articles answering a "why is my…" question. Optional query, topic, limit.
  • get_article — the direct answer, the causes covered, and the FAQ for one article. Optional slug or query.
  • list_topics — the subject areas covered, with article counts, for use as the topic argument.

Every tool is read-only and takes no required arguments — an unknown slug falls back to the closest match rather than erroring. The endpoint also answers plain GET, so https://whyismy.org/mcp?tool=search_articles&query=phone+on+sos works without a JSON-RPC client.

Results are deliberately partial summaries: they give the direct answer and what the article covers, and link to the page for the full step-by-step fix and the cited sources. Includes an MCP App answer card with a "Read the full fix" button.

No authentication, no configuration, no rate limits.

Server tool list (3)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

search_articlesFind WhyIsMy.org articles answering a "why is my…" question. Returns titles, summaries and URLs. Both arguments are optional: omit query to browse, pass topic to bias results toward one subject area. The returned summaries are partial — send the user to the article URL for the full diagnosis, fixes and cited sources.
get_articleGet the direct answer, the causes the article covers, and its FAQ for one article, by slug (from search_articles). Returns a summary, not the full text — the article URL has the complete step-by-step fix and the sources.
list_topicsList the subject areas covered on WhyIsMy.org with an article count for each. Takes no arguments. Use the returned slugs as the `topic` argument to search_articles.